People v. Reid

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Arlene Silverman, J.), rendered February 13, 2001, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly rejected defendant’s belated peremptory *611challenge to a juror who had been sworn the day before (People v Harris, 57 NY2d 335, 348-350 [1982], cert denied 460 US 1047 [1983]).

The court’s charge on the agency defense properly explained the application of the law to the facts of the…